Anyone who has ever owned a Nintendo DS may well have come across Scribblenauts. Essentially itâ€™s a puzzle game set in a 2D platformer style world where the player has to solve various objectives- be it getting past a locked gate or chopping down a tree- to receive a star and advance to the next level.

What makes it unique is that itâ€™s possible to create just about any object to complete the goals. Simply tap the keyboard icon and type out a word and it will appear on the screen ready to use- just as long as itâ€™s a noun and isnâ€™t anything objectionable or trademarked. Even better itâ€™s possible to add adjectives, so rather than merely creating a giraffe itâ€™s possible to conjure up a â€˜tiny, angry giraffeâ€™.Scribblenauts Remix plays in exactly the same manner as the original DS games and in fact having played the original games Iâ€™d seen much of what Scribblenauts Remix has to offer already, as it consists of 40 old levels and just 10 new ones.

Re-used content aside itâ€™s a sublime experience. Being able to create almost anything is hugely liberating and fun, while having a touchscreen keyboard actually makes it a lot quicker to type things out than in the DS versions. The other controls are slick and more or less perfect as well. Press against the right edge of the screen to move right and the left edge to move left. Maxwell (the player character) will automatically climb up ledges and swim across water so things are kept simple. Once an object or creature has been created simply tapping and dragging it is all thatâ€™s necessary to use it or equip it.

It all works brilliantly well and it looks great too. The levels are also surprisingly varied, with goals such as causing the extinction of the dinosaurs without resorting to weapons or meteors. The flip side is that as itâ€™s possible to create just about anything itâ€™s also very easy. Occasionally itâ€™s necessary to think outside the box but normally almost any level can be completed with ease- and often in dozens of different ways.

Warner Bros. Interactive has brought two of its most popular games to Google Play, releasing Batman: Arkham City Lockdown and Scribblenauts Remix on Android devices. Make sure you prepare yourselves for defending Gotham City and for solving puzzles by bringing objects to life. Batman, $5.99, and Scribblenauts, $0.99, are both available to download on Google Play and the Amazon Appstore.